Modifies a noun

• family: It had been built by a knightly family who took their name from the place - the Actons.

• class: In other words, the knightly class, the Church and the rest!

• order: There is a nice article for personalizing your knightly order.

• virtue: This rather sordid reality was glamorized in the wuxia tales which, like Arthurian legend, promoted a concept of knightly virtue.

• skill: Where sons of the gentry would exchange with other noble families to learn knightly chivalric skills.

• exploit: He had many adventures and performed knightly exploits without number, but could not capture Jerusalem.